On this World Mental Health Day, Poorti Kathpalia (science communicator and a PhD in neurobiology) talks to Ashish Gourav, Data Scientist by profession & trained as an Engineer(IIT Kharagpur) & Economist(Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and also runs a YouTube channel - 'Honey of Knowledge', where he talks about maths, data & behavioural sciences.

Book Recommendations

1. WHO Mental Health Guide Download

2. And How Do You Feel About That Breakdowns and Breakthroughs in the Therapy Room by Aruna Gopakumar, Yashodhara Lal

3. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
[If you know the why, you can live any how.]
4. When All Is Not Well by Om Swami
[It is an amazing insight into the dynamics of the most talked about mental ailment, "Depression". This offers more solace to a sad/morose person or if I may say depressed person than any other piece I have ever read.]
5. You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay
[If you have to read only 1 self-help book in your life, this is it!]

In this third episode, Dr. Neeraja Dashputre who is a Senior Technical Officer at IISER Pune and Dr. Sathya Srinivasachari, who is an educator at Poorna Leaning Center talk about flipped classroom and online teaching/workshops during the lockdown.

Dr. Sunita Joshi, former Associate Professor at Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi talks about how the present CBCS system for science undergraduate courses can be improved.

Dr. Jyotsna Vijaypurkar’s lab is situated in Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education (HBCSE), which is an integral part of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. Her research focus is in science education, and she works to improve science curriculum in schools along with developing methods for how to make students better understand science concepts. She also researches on what teaching practices are best suited for middle school science teachers, promoting enquiry-based teaching. Through her research work she has been trying to bring the much-needed change in the science education ecosystem of our country.